The Use of Behavioral Confinement in Juvenile Detention Centers

• In Event: Juvenile Confinement and Out-of-Home Placements

Abstract

Behavioral confinement is one type of restrictive housing that is sometimes used to separate youth from the general detention population following a behavioral incident. Using data from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, initial descriptive information regarding the use of this practice in the state of Florida will be presented along with a review of the existing literature surrounding restrictive housing/solitary confinement.

Author

• Meghan Ogle, Florida State University